Report Made to the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana: On the Plan of a Penal Code for the Said StatesB. Levy & Company, 1822 - 159 |
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Strona 38
... witnesses , in a case so difficult of defence , or by the ready credit that would be given to circumstantial evidence , where direct proof is not easily procured , and where , from the nature of the crime , a prejudice is created by the ...
... witnesses , in a case so difficult of defence , or by the ready credit that would be given to circumstantial evidence , where direct proof is not easily procured , and where , from the nature of the crime , a prejudice is created by the ...
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... witness , examined before the house of com- mons , says , " as to transportation , I , with deference , think , it ought not to be adopted , except for incorrigible offenders , and then it ought to be for life ; if it is for seven years ...
... witness , examined before the house of com- mons , says , " as to transportation , I , with deference , think , it ought not to be adopted , except for incorrigible offenders , and then it ought to be for life ; if it is for seven years ...
Strona 56
... witness who testified to his guilt ; what would not the whole community who saw his dying agonies , who heard , at that solemn moment , his fruit- less asseverations of innocence ; what would they not all give to have yet within their ...
... witness who testified to his guilt ; what would not the whole community who saw his dying agonies , who heard , at that solemn moment , his fruit- less asseverations of innocence ; what would they not all give to have yet within their ...
Strona 58
... witnesses , the counsel , every thing connected with the investigation becomes a matter of interest and curiosity ; when the public mind is screwed up to this pitch , it will take a tone from the circumstances of the case , which will ...
... witnesses , the counsel , every thing connected with the investigation becomes a matter of interest and curiosity ; when the public mind is screwed up to this pitch , it will take a tone from the circumstances of the case , which will ...
Strona 63
... witnesses before a com- mittee of the house of commons . From one of these , that of a solicitor who had practiced for more than twenty years in the criminal courts , I make the fol- lowing extracts : - 6 " In the course of my practice ...
... witnesses before a com- mittee of the house of commons . From one of these , that of a solicitor who had practiced for more than twenty years in the criminal courts , I make the fol- lowing extracts : - 6 " In the course of my practice ...
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